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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Leigh Alexander, Policies behind the trunk railways of Victoria in the 1870s and 1890s, 1965
... Victorian Railways construction - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...An economic history essay on the policies of the Victorian Government for building trunk railways in the 1870s and 1890s.bib, p.22.non-fictionAn economic history essay on the policies of the Victorian Government for building trunk railways in the 1870s and 1890s.railway construction - australia, victorian railways construction - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Eric harding, Uniform railway gauge, 1958
... Railways - Australia - History...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The story of the break in railway gauge in Australia and the various attempts that have been made to overcome it.Index, bib, ill, map, p.114.non-fictionThe story of the break in railway gauge in Australia and the various attempts that have been made to overcome it.railway gauge - australia, railways - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, New South Wales Department of Railways, Souvenir of the official opening of the Sydney-Melbourne standard gauge railway line, 1962
... Railways - Australia - History...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...Souvenir booklet on aspects of the opening of the Sydney to Melbourne standard gauge line in 1962Ill, p.58.non-fictionSouvenir booklet on aspects of the opening of the Sydney to Melbourne standard gauge line in 1962railways - australia - history, railway gauge - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Nick Anchen, Iron Roads in the Outback, 2017
... Commonwealth Railways (Australia) -- History....Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The Iron Roads of the Australian Outback - the legendary Commonwealth Railways were built through some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. They were railways like no other, where men and women battled extreme temperatures, flash floods and maddening isolation to keep the trains running. This publication is the culmination of 25 years of Outback exploration, research, photography and interviews by author Nick Anchen. The result is a diverse book which brings to life both the beauty and harshness of the Australian Outback, through a collection of fascinating and historic images, along with the memories of former Commonwealth Railways employees. Following an introductory chapter on the vastness and grandeur of the Australian interior - highlighted by the memoirs of 1950s flying doctor Macarthur Job - the book delves into the story of the Central Australia Railway. This was the line built through the 'back of beyond' - the forbidding desert country of South Australia and the Northern Territory. It was here that operators of famous trains such as The Ghan battled searing heat, dust storms and raging floodwaters to keep the trains running. The chapter includes stories by well known Ghan conductor 'Aspro' Lyons, and 'Piano Playing Chef' Paddy Greenfield - along with enginemen Wolf Markowski and John Theel, both of whom worked trains on this famous railway. The story of the North Australia Railway - 'The Line to Nowhere' - is the tale of a ramshackle railway which came alive during the dark days of World War II. The memoirs of wartime engineman Jim Prentice are eye opening, as are the hair raising accounts of surviving Tropical Cyclone Tracy, as told by rolling stock foreman Bill Donaldson. The Trans-Australian Railway was built across one of the harshest and loneliest environments on Earth - the vast Nullarbor Plain. Stories from enginemen Jack Slattery and Ron Howrie, along with Nullarbor resident and roadmaster's wife Cathy Beek, tell not only of the rudimentary living conditions and maddening isolation, but of the great camaraderie amongst the railway people who kept trains such as the Trans-Australian and the Tea and Sugar running. As well as examining the ruins and relics from the long-closed CR narrow gauge lines, the book also includes a chapter on the much-loved Pichi Richi Railway - the last surviving portion of that great Transcontinental Railway dream from another age.ill, maps, p.208.non-fictionThe Iron Roads of the Australian Outback - the legendary Commonwealth Railways were built through some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. They were railways like no other, where men and women battled extreme temperatures, flash floods and maddening isolation to keep the trains running. This publication is the culmination of 25 years of Outback exploration, research, photography and interviews by author Nick Anchen. The result is a diverse book which brings to life both the beauty and harshness of the Australian Outback, through a collection of fascinating and historic images, along with the memories of former Commonwealth Railways employees. Following an introductory chapter on the vastness and grandeur of the Australian interior - highlighted by the memoirs of 1950s flying doctor Macarthur Job - the book delves into the story of the Central Australia Railway. This was the line built through the 'back of beyond' - the forbidding desert country of South Australia and the Northern Territory. It was here that operators of famous trains such as The Ghan battled searing heat, dust storms and raging floodwaters to keep the trains running. The chapter includes stories by well known Ghan conductor 'Aspro' Lyons, and 'Piano Playing Chef' Paddy Greenfield - along with enginemen Wolf Markowski and John Theel, both of whom worked trains on this famous railway. The story of the North Australia Railway - 'The Line to Nowhere' - is the tale of a ramshackle railway which came alive during the dark days of World War II. The memoirs of wartime engineman Jim Prentice are eye opening, as are the hair raising accounts of surviving Tropical Cyclone Tracy, as told by rolling stock foreman Bill Donaldson. The Trans-Australian Railway was built across one of the harshest and loneliest environments on Earth - the vast Nullarbor Plain. Stories from enginemen Jack Slattery and Ron Howrie, along with Nullarbor resident and roadmaster's wife Cathy Beek, tell not only of the rudimentary living conditions and maddening isolation, but of the great camaraderie amongst the railway people who kept trains such as the Trans-Australian and the Tea and Sugar running. As well as examining the ruins and relics from the long-closed CR narrow gauge lines, the book also includes a chapter on the much-loved Pichi Richi Railway - the last surviving portion of that great Transcontinental Railway dream from another age. commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., central australia railway -- history. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Amusement Railways of Australia, 2015
... Miniature railways - Australia - History...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...This book surveys over 150 years of miniature railways in the Australian amusement industry ... The trains presented herein provided tactile mechanical devices onto which the passengers could project their own imaginations to create the thrills of travelling by train through their own imagined spacesIll, maps, p.224.non-fictionThis book surveys over 150 years of miniature railways in the Australian amusement industry ... The trains presented herein provided tactile mechanical devices onto which the passengers could project their own imaginations to create the thrills of travelling by train through their own imagined spacesminiature railways - australia - history, miniature railways - australia - pictorial works -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Full Parallel Productions, Stopping all stations : Melbourne's unfinished rail network/opportunities lost, 2010
... Railways - Melbourne - History...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...This book is a delightful examination of many aspects of the great transport development saga of 'Greater Melbourne', and it is very timely given renewed focus on rail across Australia and around the world.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.214.non-fictionThis book is a delightful examination of many aspects of the great transport development saga of 'Greater Melbourne', and it is very timely given renewed focus on rail across Australia and around the world.railways - melbourne - history, suburban railways - melbourne -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Chamberlain, Brian, Early Steam in Tasmania, 1987
... Broad gauge railways - Tasmania - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A history of the first 17 years of 'Broad Gauge' 5'3" railways in Tasmania plus a section on tall masted ships involved in transporting those locomotives to Australia.ill, p.146.non-fictionA history of the first 17 years of 'Broad Gauge' 5'3" railways in Tasmania plus a section on tall masted ships involved in transporting those locomotives to Australia.steam locomotives - tasmania - history, broad gauge railways - tasmania - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Longworth, Jim, I Wanna Ride 'n The Train! Amusement Railways of Australia, 2015
... Amusement park railways - Australia - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A brief description of amusement park railways in Australia past and present, both long term and temporary.ill, maps, p.244.non-fiction A brief description of amusement park railways in Australia past and present, both long term and temporary.tourist railways and museums - australia, amusement park railways - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Alger, Chris, A Puffing Billy Scrap Book, 1988
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A collection of newspaper articles about the Puffing Billy railway from Belgrave to Lakeside between 1940 & 1988.index, ill, p.135.non-fictionA collection of newspaper articles about the Puffing Billy railway from Belgrave to Lakeside between 1940 & 1988.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Downs, Edward A, Speed Limit 20 Plus, 2017
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The story of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways with a supplement covering the period 1963 to 2017.ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionThe story of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways with a supplement covering the period 1963 to 2017.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Downs, Edward A, Speed Limit 20, 1963
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The story of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways up to 1963.ill, maps, p.130.non-fictionThe story of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways up to 1963.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Watson, Stephen, A Tribute to VR Narrow Gauge
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A pictorial tribute to the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways.ill, p.32.non-fictionA pictorial tribute to the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Downs, Edward A, Speed Limit 20, 1963
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The story of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways up to 1963.ill, maps, p.130.non-fictionThe story of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways up to 1963.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Downs, Edward A, Speed Limit 20 Plus, 2017
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The story of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways up to 1963 with an extra chapter covering 1963 to 2017.ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionThe story of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch lines of the Victorian Railways up to 1963 with an extra chapter covering 1963 to 2017.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, West Otways Narrow Gauge, 1973
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A history of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch line of the Victorian Railways from Colac to Beech Forest and Crowes and it s connecting tramways.ill, maps, p.51.non-fictionA history of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch line of the Victorian Railways from Colac to Beech Forest and Crowes and it s connecting tramways.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Anchen, Nick, The Narrow Gauge: Whitfield Gembrook Crowes Walhalla, 2012
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A history of the 2'6" VR narrow gauge railways of Victoria.ill, maps, p.215.non-fictionA history of the 2'6" VR narrow gauge railways of Victoria.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Stamford, Frank, Five to 500, 1986
... Light railways - Australia - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's Twenty-five Year Book and a reprint of 'Light Railways' Nos 1 to 12.ill, maps, p.122.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's Twenty-five Year Book and a reprint of 'Light Railways' Nos 1 to 12.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Munro's Hampton Tramway, 1978
... Light railways - Australia - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's magazine on the Munro Hampton timber Tramway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.18.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's magazine on the Munro Hampton timber Tramway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia et al, The Beaudesert Shire Tramway, 1980
... Light railways - Australia - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book about the Beaudesert Shire Railway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.70.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book about the Beaudesert Shire Railway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia et al, Rocky Bluff to Denmark, 1978
... Light railways - Australia - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book on the Rocky Bluff to Denmark timber Tramway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.65.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book on the Rocky Bluff to Denmark timber Tramway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Burke, David, Saving Puffing Billy: The First Decade 1955-1965, 2015
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A history of the restoration of the 2'6" narrow gauge railway from Belgrave to Emerald in Victoria between 1955 to 1965.index, ill, p.217.non-fictionA history of the restoration of the 2'6" narrow gauge railway from Belgrave to Emerald in Victoria between 1955 to 1965.vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, puffing billy - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, The Beechy, 1992
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The life and times of the Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes narrow gauge railway 1902-1962index, ill, maps, p.170.non-fictionThe life and times of the Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes narrow gauge railway 1902-1962vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Armstrong, John et al, The Innisfail Tramway, 1973
... Light railways - Australia - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The story of the history and development of the Geraldton Shire Tramway and the Mourilyan tramway of North Queenslandill, maps, p.96.non-fictionThe story of the history and development of the Geraldton Shire Tramway and the Mourilyan tramway of North Queenslandlight railways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads -- australia -- queensland -- history. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Emerald Tourist Railway Board, Puffing Billy Dandenong Ranges Victoria Australia, 1998
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A brief illustrated history of the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook in Victoriaill, maps, p.32.non-fictionA brief illustrated history of the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook in Victoriavr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, puffing billy - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Anchen, Nick, Puffing Billy Spirit of the Dandenongs, 2017
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...An illustrated history of 2'6" VR narrow gauge railway in Victoria with emphasis on the preserved Belgrave to Gembrook line.ill, p.108.non-fictionAn illustrated history of 2'6" VR narrow gauge railway in Victoria with emphasis on the preserved Belgrave to Gembrook line.vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Cuffley, Peter, That Little Train The Puffing Billy Railway 1900-1953, 1987
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...An illustrated history of the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook in Victoria.index, ill, maps. p.235.non-fictionAn illustrated history of the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook in Victoria.vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, puffing billy - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Fiddian, Marc, Potatoes, Passengers and Posterity, 1978
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A brief illustrated history of the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook in Victoriaindex, ill, maps, p.144.non-fictionA brief illustrated history of the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook in Victoriavr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, puffing billy - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, de Fossard, Esta, Puffing Billy's Adventure, 1978
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A fictional story about an attempted attack on a special carriage on the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from in Victoriaill, maps, p.40.non-fictionA fictional story about an attempted attack on a special carriage on the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from in Victoriavr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, puffing billy - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, The Puffing Billy Preservation Society, Ten Years of Puffing Billy, 1972
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A brief outline of first 10 year of the preserved 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Belgrave to Emerald in Victoria from 1962.ill, maps. p.8.non-fictionA brief outline of first 10 year of the preserved 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Belgrave to Emerald in Victoria from 1962.vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, puffing billy - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, The Puffing Billy Preservation Society, Puffing Billy The Next Ten Years, 1973
... VR narrow gauge railways - Victoria - history...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A brief outline of the next 10 year of the preserved 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Belgrave to Lakeside in Victoria from 1973.ill, p.18.non-fictionA brief outline of the next 10 year of the preserved 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Belgrave to Lakeside in Victoria from 1973.vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, puffing billy - victoria - history